NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Friday, April 17, 2026

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ABDIMN R
50Answers
1Pangrams
215Maximum
151Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A5
B16
D7
M10
N1
R11

Words by length

419
513
69
74
83
92

Two-letter starts

AI1
AR4
BA6
BI3
BR7
DA1
DI1
DR5
MA5
MI5
NA1
RA10
RI1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

M … N

Letter pattern

M••••••N

I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

midbrain

Complete answer list

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A 5

  • airman
  • aria
  • arid
  • armada
  • armband

B 16

  • barb
  • barbarian
  • bard
  • barmaid
  • barman
  • barn
  • bird
  • birdbrain
  • birria
  • brad
  • braid
  • brain
  • bran
  • brand
  • briar
  • brim

D 7

  • darn
  • dinar
  • drab
  • drain
  • dram
  • drama
  • drib

M 10

  • mandarin
  • marimba
  • marina
  • marinara
  • marm
  • midair
  • midbrainPangram
  • midrib
  • minibar
  • mirin

N 1

  • nadir

R 11

  • rabbi
  • rabid
  • radar
  • radian
  • radii
  • raid
  • rain
  • ramada
  • rand
  • rani
  • rind

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 48/100, compared with 107 available puzzles through this date.

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